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Month: June 2016

Jun 05
Cheers for Paul Tapner and Prince Mayo as they win the Irish Field CCI3* at Tattersalls

Popular Aussie Paul Tapner and Prince Mayo win The Irish Field CCI3* at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland The crowds roared as Australia’s Paul Tapner riding Fred and Penny Barker’s Irish Bred Prince Mayo produced a clear round of jumping to win The Irish Field CCI3* at […]

Jun 05
The George Mernagh Memorial Fund Bursary Winners 2016

On Sunday afternoon, 5 June 2016 on the concluding day of the Tattersalls International and Country Fair, the three recipients of the 2016 George Mernagh Memorial Fund (GMMF) Bursaries were announced and presented by Event Director Jean Mitchell and Tattersalls Ireland Managing Director Roger Casey. The winners each received a bursary worth €5,000. The winners […]

Jun 05
Ireland claim top three places in the George Mernagh Memorial CIC3* at Tattersalls International Horse Trials

Ireland’s Padraig McCarthy riding Simon Porloe win the George Mernagh Memorial CIC3* at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland It was a nail-biting finish in the George Mernagh Memorial CIC3*;  Ireland’s Austin O’Connor and Kilpatrick Knight led going into the cross-country phase. Although producing a clear round of […]

Jun 05
Dusty ridden by Tom Jackson wins the Connolly’s Red Mills CCI** U24

Great Britain’s Tom Jackson and Dusty wins the Connolly’s RED MILLS CCI2*U24 at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland The under 24’s took to the main stage to contest the Connolly’s RED MILLS CCI2*and it was Great Britain’s Tom Jackson and Susan Jenkins’ Dusty who took top honours […]

Jun 05
William Fox Pitt claims his tenth Tattersalls win

William Fox-Pitt and Secret Night win the Eventing Ireland CCI2* at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland There were scenes of joy and celebration this afternoon at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair as Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt took to the podium for the tenth time. Fox-Pitt, […]

Jun 04
Eleanor Hope and MGH Smarty win at Tatts 2016

Great Britain’s Eleanor Hope and MGH Smarty win the Tredstep Ireland CCIJ1* at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland The young guns were out for the Tredstep Ireland CCIJ1* at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and it was Great Britain’s Eleanor Hope who landed the title with Mrs Margaret […]

Jun 04
Zara Nelson and Millridge Buachaill Bui land the Berney Bros CCI1* Ponies at Tatts

Ireland’s Zara Nelson and Millridge Buachaill Bui take top Pony Honours at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland After coming second in the same class year, a determined Zara Nelson riding for Ireland on Kieran Connors’ Millridge Buachaill Bui returned to Tattersalls International Horse Trials and made her […]

Jun 04
Dani Evan and Marstonpark Lupina win a hotly contested Land Rover CCI1*

Great Britain’s Dani Evan and Marstonpark Lupina win the Land Rover CCI1* Class at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland A hotly contested renewal of the Land Rover CCI1* Class saw Great Britain’s Dani Evans step onto the winning podium to claim the title. Riding Mrs Ann Butler’s […]

Jun 04
William Fox-Pitt wins the Cooley Farm CCI1* Young Horse Class for the second year running

Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt and Little Fire win the Cooley Farm CCI1* Young Horse Class at Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair in association with Horse Sport Ireland Since its inception and for the second year running, Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt cruised to victory winning the Cooley Farm CCI1* Class riding Jennifer Dowling’s seven-year-old […]

Jun 03
Hannah Francis and Willberry Wonder Pony

Mother Theresa of Calcutta once said that some people come into our life as blessings and others come into our life as lessons. Hannah Francis is surely both. Diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer called Osteosarcoma in 2015 at just seventeen years of age, Hannah decided to make a bucket list and […]